Nail holding and starting attachment for hammers



(No Model.)

- G. 0.. FEELING. NAIL HOLDING AND STARTING ATTACHMENT FOR HAMMERS.

No. 244,655; I Patented July 19,1881.

WITNESSES: I INVENTOR:

ATTORNEYS.

GEORGE C. PEELING, OF LOOK HAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA.

NAIL HOLD ING AND STARTING ATTACHMENT FOR HAMMERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244, 55, dated. July 19, 1881.

Application filed -May 25, 1881.

To all whom it'may concern.

Be it known that LGEoRe GRAMER .PEEL- ING, of Lock Haven, in the county of Clinton and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new Improvement in Nail Holding and Starting Attachments for Hammers, of which the following is a full; clear, and exact description.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvement shown as attached to a hatchet. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the attachment. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the driving of nails in places where they cannot be conveniently held by the hand.

The invention consists-in a nail holding and starting attachment for hammers constructed with the saddle-block A adapted to fit the handle of the hammer, and having a stationary jaw, the movable jaw hinged to the saddle block, and the spring for holding the hinged jaw forward toward the stationary jaw, all constructed and operated as will be hereinafter fully described. I

A represents a block, which is grooved upon the inner side to fit upon the handle B of a hammer or other nail-drivin g implement. The forward end of the saddle block A is notched or concaved to fit upon thehammer-head 0.

Upon the upper part of the saddle-block A is formed, or is to be attached, the upper jaw,D.

To the rear end of the blockA is hinged the lowerjaw, E, byawire, F, which passes through the block A, through the lug of the bin ged jaw E, and around the handleB,-so as to serve the double purpose of a pivot for the said hinged jaw and a fastening to secure the block A to the handle B. The hinged jaw E is held forward to clamp the nail against the stationary jaw D by a spring, G, attached to the block A, and the free end of which rests against the outer side of the jaw E. The space betweenthe jaws D E is closed at one of the side edges of the said jaws bya flange, H, cast solid with (No model.)

the block A and the stationary jaw D. The rest of the space between the jaws 'D E is left open for the convenient insertion of the nails. The corners of the jaws D E, at the open side edges of the said jaws, are beveled or rounded, as shown in Fig. 3, s0 thata nail can be readily inserted between the said jaws by placing the head .of the said nail upon the face of the block A, and then forcing the said nail laterally between the faces of the jaws, as indicated in Fig. 2.

Upon the face of the block A, at the open side edges of the jaws/D E, is formed a flange or bead, I, to serve as a stop or fulcrum to the nail-head while forcing the body of the nail between the faces of the said jaws. The faces of the jaws D E are concaved or notched,

to form a cavity to receive the body of the nail, so that the said nail will be held securely while being started. With this construction, when the nail has been placed between the jaws D E, a blow with the hammer will start the nail-into the object into which it is to be driven, so that the jaws D E can be withdrawn from the nail without loosening the said nail in its place. by blows upon its head with the head of the hammer.

The nail can then be driven home 

